548 Explosion, Guns, and Chaos
Ren Country. Alina crouched behind an abandoned car. Under the moonlight, the bruises and cuts on her face looked miserable on her pale skin. "Ugh...!" Alina rasped as she placed a trembling hand on her side, feeling the warm blood oozing out from the open wound she took from a gun while she was running away. Just a couple of days ago, Alina was on her way to attend a meeting with the other Underground Lords in Ren Country. The other mafia lords had already answered to the invitation that they will attend, and as someone who was also at the top of the food chain, Alina's attendance was inevitable. Unfortunately, just when she got inside the gate of a private villa where the other underground lord was already inside, a loud explosion reverberated across and blew the villa apart, taking down everything that was within the range of fifty meters. Naturally, Alina and her men could not avoid it. They were thrown away from the force of the explosion. It was a relief that she and her men only sustained minor injuries, and they also ruptured their eardrums. But just when they could think they were lucky to have been able to get away from the blast of explosion, numerous cars surrounded the gates of the villa, gunning at them with revenge. "They're still alive! Shoot them!" Someone from the group of men shouted an order. Alina tried to get a clear look at the person, but because of the smoke and dust mingling with the wind, she could only see the silhouettes of several men before the sound of something piercing and slashing through the wind showered in their direction. "Sh*t! Get the Donna to safety!"
"Donna, get behind me!" Alina heard her subordinates scream as they pulled her to their center, circling around her like a human wall. 'Bang!'
'Bang!'
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Countless sharp and booming sound of bullets rained down at them. Alina remembered how her men held her in their arms, protecting her and dragging her to safety, even if it meant their lives would cease to exist. At last, she was forced to sit inside a car that was safe from the explosion together with one of her men, who didn't even glance back as he drove away from the chaos, leaving her men, who sacrificed their lives, at the mercy of these unknown enemy. But who would have thought that even if they got away, the people who came to take life as if they were the Grim Reaper's armies, still caught up to them.
In the end, Alina lost another of her men, pulled out of the car, and placed in an underground basement where nothing and no one could find her. And the last thing she heard before darkness took her vision was...
"Look, they're back!"
"She's here!"
Almost at the same time, the men shouted out loud as three black cars came to stop near them. And Alina was found by one of the men who was looking for her. The call was answered. Alina felt rather than heard the men approaching her quickly. And as they reached out to her, she anxiously spoke to the phone: "Xueyi...run! Don't let them find you!"
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Poisonlily has something to say: Truly sorry for the long wait!
Whenever I try to write a word or a couple more to create a chapter to update this novel, I just find myself staring at the blank page and get so annoyed that although I can imagine what's going to happen next, I feel defeated and discouraged to write it. I become self conscious and doubt myself as an author. Sometimes, I even hate myself for writing. I don't know how to compensate my readers for staying this long with me. For that, I'll create a schedule on when I will be updating this novel since it's ending soon.
I'll be updating this novel on MONDAY and THURSDAY starting next week.